Shyam Singh Shashi

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Shyam Singh Shashi
Born (1935-07-01) 1 July 1935 (age 88)
Agra University
(Ph.D.)
Doctoral advisorR. N. Saksena
Academic work
DisciplineAnthropology
Sub-disciplineSocial Anthropology
InstitutionsFormer director of Publication Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)

Shyam Singh Shashi is an Indian

socio–anthropologist, litterateur and poet.[1]

Biography

Shashi was born on 1 July 1935 at

Agra University for his thesis on Himalayan Nomads making him the first person to complete a Ph.D. from the university. Shashi's doctoral advisor was the social scientist R. N. Saksena.[3]

Starting his career as a government servant, he took voluntary retirement midway through his service and joined the International Institute of Culture and Languages as the chairman of their Media Research and Encyclopedia divisions where he is reported to have edited Encyclopedia of Humanities and Social Sciences (50 vols),[4] Encyclopedia of Indian Tribes (12 vols),[5] Encyclopedia of World Women (10 vols)[6] and Encyclopedia Indica (150 vols).[7]

Shashi is a visiting professor at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), the president of the International Academy of Children's Literature and chairs International Institute of Nomadic Studies.[3] He served as the director of Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's Publication Division,[2] and as the honorary editor of Collected Works of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar which was published in eight Indian languages by the Indian government.[3] He is a member of the jury for the Delhi Gaurav Awards.[8]

Honours and awards

The

D.Litt. (honoris causa) for his "pioneering work on Roma of Europe and America", making him the first recipient of D.Litt. from the university in anthropology.[9] In 1990, the Government of India awarded him Padma Shri for his "multifaceted achievements in the field of literature".[1]

Selected bibliography

Shashi has also written several poem anthologies, travelogues, children's books and anthropological books,[10][11] over 300 publications in total.[12]

References

  1. ^
    OCLC 28710084
    . Dr. Shyam Singh Shashi, an eminent poet and litterateur was awarded PADMASHRI in 1990 for his multifaceted achievements in the field of literature. He has written over 100 books in English and Hindi. A socio-anthropologist of long standing...
  2. ^
    Upnishads
    (at young age); Specialisation in Tribal literature, Children literature, and Poetry; as a Journalist, edited a number of journals both in public and private sector...
  3. ^
    OCLC 67393733
    .
  4. ISBN 9788126130955
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  5. ISBN 9788170418368
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  6. ISBN 9788175741065
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  7. ISBN 9788170418597
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  8. ^ "Delhi Gaurav' Awards". Delhi Gaurav' Award.org. 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  9. OCLC 28710084
    . First in many fields, Dr. Shashi is also the first scholar to get his Doctorate in Sociology on Himalayan nomads. He is again the first scholar to be conferred with a D. Litt. in Anthropology for his pioneering work on the Roma of Europe and America by the International University, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  10. ^ "S. S. Shashi Books on Amazon 1". Amazon. 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  11. ^ "S. S. Shashi Books on Amazon 2". Amazon. 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  12. ^ "Shyam Singh Shashi". MLBD. 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.

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